The ICC Champions Trophy is set to return after eight years, as Pakistan are hosting the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The National Stadium in Karachi is ready to host the tournament opener of the Group A clash Pakistan vs New Zealand on Wednesday (19 February).
Article Contents:
Match Overview
Head-to-Head
Weather Forecast
Pitch Report
Injury/Unavailability Reports
Predicted XIs
In-form Players
Dream11 Team Prediction #1
Dream11 Team Prediction #2
Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups
PAK vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Match Overview
Tournament: ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Format: ODI
Tournament Stage: League (Group A)
Match: Pakistan vs New Zealand (PAK vs NZ)
Tournament Match No: 1
Match Date: 19 February 2025 (Wednesday)
Official Toss Time: 13:30 local time (14:00 IST)
Official Starting Time: 14:00 local time (14:30 IST)
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Live Broadcasting and Streaming (only in India): Star Sports network, JioHotstar
PAK vs NZ Head-To-Head
Details | Matches | Pakistan Won | New Zealand Won | Tied | No Result |
Overall ODI | 118 | 61 | 53 | 1 | 3 |
In Pakistan | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
At National Stadium, Karachi | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
In the ICC Champions Trophy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Last 5 ODIs | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
PAK vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Weather Forecast
According to accuweather.com, there is no chance of rain. The game-time temperature can be about 32°C-24°C.
PAK vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Pitch Report
Average innings score (in last 5 ODIs): 285.70
Average 1st batting score (in last 5 ODIs): 302.80
Highest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 355/4 by Pakistan vs South Africa on 12 February 2025
Lowest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 232 by New Zealand vs Pakistan on 5 May 2023
Toss prediction: Win the toss and bowl first
PAK vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Injury/Unavailability Reports (Only among active squad)
Pakistan: Haris Rauf (injury)
New Zealand: Rachin Ravindra (head injury)
PAK vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Predicted XIs
Pakistan: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (Captain & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Kamran Ghulam, Faheem Ashraf/Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (Captain), Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke
PAK vs NZ In-form Players (Since 2024)
Batters
Team | Player | Runs | Average/Strike Rate | 100s/50s |
Pakistan | Saim Ayub | 515 | 64.37/105.53 | 3/1 |
Mohammad Rizwan | 435 | 62.14/80.25 | 1/2 | |
Salman Agha | 428 | 53.50/97.71 | 1/1 | |
New Zealand | Will Young | 264 | 37.71/85.71 | 0/2 |
Mark Chapman | 250 | 62.50/98.03 | 0/3 | |
Kane Williamson | 225 | 112.50/89.64 | 1/1 |
Bowlers
Team | Player | Wickets | Average/Economy Rate | 4wks/5wks |
Pakistan | Shaheen Shah Afridi | 21 | 22.04/5.72 | 1/0 |
Haris Rauf | 14 | 22.42/4.94 | 0/1 | |
Abrar Ahmed | 13 | 25.30/4.98 | 1/0 | |
New Zealand | Matt Henry | 14 | 14.64/4.57 | 2/0 |
Michael Bracewell | 11 | 25.09/4.75 | 1/0 | |
Mitchell Santner | 10 | 30.50/4.23 | 0/0 |
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 PAK vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction #1:
Wicketkeeper(s): D Conway, M Rizwan (vc)
Batters: K Williamson (C), D Mitchell, F Zaman
All-rounder(s): M Bracewell, A Salman, M Santner, G Phillips
Bowlers: M Henry, S Afridi
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 PAK vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction #2:
Wicketkeeper(s): D Conway (vc), M Rizwan
Batters: K Williamson, D Mitchell, W Young, F Zaman
All-rounder(s): A Salman (C), M Santner
Bowlers: M Henry, S Afridi, N Shah
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 PAK vs NZ Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups:
W O’Rourke, T Latham, M Chapman, H Rauf
